Internet in an off grid house?

Asked by Judi (40025) December 4th, 2012 from iPhone

We are considering purchasing an off grid house. We are happy with the solar, battery and generator backup system and we get cell service fine. Our only concern is the Internet. It looks like he is currently using a Verizon mobile hot spot. I had one of those a few years ago and at the time you got very little for the money and it wasn’t very fast.
What options are out there for Internet in remote places? We won’t have a utility bill so we would be willing to invest in hardware to create some sort of base unit or repeater. We just are not really familiar with the technology.